Clicked Share folder, and then selected Samba (only choice) what more do I need to do in order to see the shared folder on my laptop or desktop? They are both connected via the same router and have working connections.

Last edited by michaeljwjr on Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Ok I don't know what Nemo is. I typed it in my Menu Search bar and it gave me nothing. When I right click on the folders in the browser (window's style) I see Sharing and I go through that process.

I am not familiar with the Desktop you are using. It doesn't appear to be Mint14 Cinnamon so I'm guessing it's MATE which would explain why I don't understand your post. I don't even understand the "windows style" reference.

In any event the problem is your hostname. Samba automatically makes the netbios name ( the name that it presents to the network ) match the host name but in your case it's too long. The easiest way to resolve this is to use samba itself to broadcast a shorter name.

@altair4 thank you very much that all worked. I can now see my shared Mint14Mate folders across both linux machines, and even across my Win7 machines. However on my laptop I don't appear to be able to share any other folders than the original one I shared. I do the same process (trying to share my home folder across my network) and when I do the same process I used to originally share, the new folder is not appearing in my network.

I ran the smbd and nmbd commands you told me and it did not change anything.

Also. I can see/use my Mint14Mate folders on my Win7 machines, but I can't access the shared folders on my Win7 machine from Mint14Mate.

However on my laptop I don't appear to be able to share any other folders than the original one I shared. I do the same process (trying to share my home folder across my network) and when I do the same process I used to originally share, the new folder is not appearing in my network.

However on my laptop I don't appear to be able to share any other folders than the original one I shared. I do the same process (trying to share my home folder across my network) and when I do the same process I used to originally share, the new folder is not appearing in my network.

To be honest I have no idea how Samba would handle a share named: The.Dark.Knight.Rises.2012.720p.BluRay.x264-SPARKS [PublicHD. I also have no idea why testparm is trying to process that share definition 9 times.

altair4 wrote:To be honest I have no idea how Samba would handle a share named: The.Dark.Knight.Rises.2012.720p.BluRay.x264-SPARKS [PublicHD. I also have no idea why testparm is trying to process that share definition 9 times.

The thing is, I want to share the entire home folder on my laptop, yet I can't do that. Every time I try it doesn't work. I've even renamed that folder and my other computers still see "the dark knight..." entire name.

"netbios name" and hostname are 2 different things. Samba in debian makes the netbios name match the hostname but it can be overridden in smb.conf so that the netbios name can be something else. It has no affect on the real hostname. I suggested you do it this way to prevent what just happened to you.

The unable to resolve hostname error is because you changed the actual hostname in only one location. It must be changed in these 2 locations:

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 localhost127.0.1.1 mjwjr-laptop

/etc/hostname

mjwjr-laptop

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altair4 wrote:"netbios name" and hostname are 2 different things. Samba in debian makes the netbios name match the hostname but it can be overridden in smb.conf so that the netbios name can be something else. It has no affect on the real hostname. I suggested you do it this way to prevent what just happened to you.

The unable to resolve hostname error is because you changed the actual hostname in only one location. It must be changed in these 2 locations:

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 localhost127.0.1.1 mjwjr-laptop

/etc/hostname

mjwjr-laptop

Everything works fantastic, Thank you very much for all your help I learned a lot through this thread.